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      <DIV align="right"><FONT face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="+7"><FONT size="+2"><FONT color="#CCCCCC"><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><FONT size="+1">page:</FONT></FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size="+3"><B><FONT color="#FFFFFF"><U>1</U></FONT></B></FONT> 
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        <td><FONT color="#000000" face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="3"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT face="Courier New, Courier, mono" color="#FFFFFF">The 
      Hamm's Brewery is the coolest abandoned site Action Squad has ever explored, 
      hands down. It simply has it all: historical interest, multiple interconnected 
      buildings, utility tunnels, artifacts, gargantuan machinery, ancient caves, 
      multi-tiered rooftops, and a total lack of the graffiti and other vandalism 
      which happens when stupid people start getting into a vacant structure. 
      Every trip seems to bring major new discoveries, and it would take a long, 
      long time to run out of stuff to explore there; on the standard 1-10 scale, 
      we rate Hamm's a '10.'</FONT></FONT></FONT></td>
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          <td><p><FONT face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="3" color="#FFFFFF">The 
          majority of the Brewery's remaining structures are vacant, and most have 
          not been significantly altered since the brewery closed in 1997. Memos, 
          calendars, locker contents, files, and many other "artifacts" largely 
          remain in their original context, disturbed only by raccoons, the elements, 
          and the final sweep of the former Stroh's employees before the complex 
          was abandoned years ago.</FONT></p>
            <p><FONT face="Courier New, Courier, mono" size="3" color="#FFFFFF">Unlike most abandoned buildings, which are mere 
            shells that once held businesses and institutions, the structures at Hamm's 
            were as intregal to the business as the machinery was. They were built 
            not just to protect their contents from Ma Nature, but also as functioning 
            elements of the brewing process. This is why, unlike a hospital, military 
            complex, or other multi-building site, it has proven essentially impossible 
          to find new uses for the Brewery's buildings.</FONT> </p></td>
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        <td><p><FONT color="#FFFFFF" face="Courier New, Courier, mono">Any 
        single one of the forty or so buildings that make up the Brewery would be 
        worthy of their own section of the website, if they were independent structures 
        we'd explored. However, since the Brewery buildings were all used interdependently 
        for a unified purpose (making beer!), and are for the most part interconnected, 
        we decided to lump all of the buildings, tunnels, and even the caves into 
        one (multi-paged) section. If you don't like it, make your own Hamm's 
        website.Oh, and have fun with the razor wire, security cameras, and the 
        police station next door. Heh.</FONT></p>
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